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| Turns Out That The 'Racial' Incident Was A Democrat-Media Fabrication |
| 2010-04-03 |
| At 4:51 that same day, McClatchy reporter William Douglas posted an article on the McClatchy website with the inflammatory headline, "Tea party protesters scream 'ni--er' at black congressman." In other words, Douglas, with an attributed assist from James Rosen, managed to interview representatives John Lewis, Emanuel Cleaver, and Barney Frank, compose an 800-word article, and have it edited and formatted for posting within a 90-minute window. During that same 90 minutes, Douglas would have received and incorporated a press release from Emanuel Cleaver, making the easily disproved claim that he had "been spat upon and that Capitol Police had arrested his assailant." Douglas also had two other important sources: he referenced two additional journalists in the very same article. Frank told the Boston Globe that the incident happened as he was walking from the Longworth office building to the Rayburn office building, both a short distance from the Capitol. Frank said the crowd consisted of a couple of hundred of people and that they referred to him as 'homo.' A writer for The Huffington Post said the protesters called Frank a "faggot." But the Huffington Post's article, by Sam Stein, wasn't published until 4:56pm, five minutes after Douglas' article was posted on the web. This mistake would seem to point to wanton collusion between the two authors as they hastily worked to market the smears. In about 90 minutes, Stein himself cranked out a 400-word piece in record time after interviewing Rep. James Clyburn and a staffer. A staffer for Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told reporters that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) had been spat on by a protestor. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a hero of the civil rights movement, was called a 'ni--er.' And Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was called a "faggot," as protestors shouted at him with deliberately lisp-y screams. Frank, approached in the halls after the president's speech, shrugged off the incident... But Clyburn was downright incredulous, saying he had not witnessed... It appears that the first Boston Globe article to mention the incident didn't actually hit the website until the following day. So how did Douglas reference both pieces, along with engaging in numerous interviews and tying in a rapidly-generated press release, in only 90 minutes? Simple. Why did Pelosi, Frank and members of the Congressional Black Caucus take the long walk directly in front of the Tea Party protests, as opposed to using the tunnel as they do 99.9% of the time? It appears that it was a conspiracy. In 90 minutes, a press release was crafted by Cleaver's office, McClatchy and HuffPro "reporters" interviewed a half dozen individuals, wrote lengthy articles, referenced each others material (despite it not having been published) while receiving and incorporating said press release. This appears to be nothing less than a criminal scam -- a mashup effort by Congress and sympathetic media -- designed to promote racial hatred in order to advance a radical Democrat agenda. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #11 Slander is only a hate crime when it is true. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2010-04-03 14:02 |
| #10 Isn't this slander - and one of those so-called 'hate' crime? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-04-03 12:07 |
| #9 This no different than Al-taqiyya (lying as justified in islam). |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-04-03 10:21 |
| #8 Thought so. Lies are O.K. to satisfy an agenda with this despicable bunch. The ends are important; how you get there isn't according to them. No wonder Congress negatives are so high and positives are so low. Hitler did the same thing with is propaganda. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-04-03 10:05 |
| #7 BTW, I would have believed the news media portrayal Tea Party demonstrators of dog and fire hose toting racists except for the fact that Sen Robert Byrd wasn't there leading the way. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-04-03 10:03 |
| #6 I love how the NYT splashed huge mug shot photos of the Michigan goofballs above the fold, as if they were a midwestern right-wing version of Baader-Meinhoff instead of an obscure group of cranks in the woods. Even better, they were Democratic Party voters (and contributors?). Bet the sharp as a tack national newspapers forgot to include that fact in their portraits as Right Wing Revolutionaries. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-04-03 10:00 |
| #5 Any reporter involved in this ought to be run out of the business. They are. They can't make money anymore as people aren't buying their products. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-04-03 09:26 |
| #4 Any reporter involved in this ought to be run out of the business. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2010-04-03 07:43 |
| #3 I love how the NYT splashed huge mug shot photos of the Michigan goofballs above the fold, as if they were a midwestern right-wing version of Baader-Meinhoff instead of an obscure group of cranks in the woods. Shame on the a**holes who began waving the RACISM!!! flag as soon as people attacked the healthcare botchjob. |
| Posted by: lex 2010-04-03 04:57 |
| #2 I recall a few months ago that Nancy was all worried about possible right-wing violence. Now I'm sure it was all an act. Then, and now. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-04-03 03:58 |
| #1 Why did Pelosi, Frank and members of the Congressional Black Caucus take the long walk directly in front of the Tea Party protests, as opposed to using the tunnel as they do 99.9% of the time? I believe most here knew the answer to that question within 15 minutes of the incident. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-03 01:02 |